Recent content by Pixelvvx

Well, I think I may have found the source of the problem. Yesterday I noticed that my internal filter was clogged after less than two months of use. I went to go remove my dragon bubbler and a huge clump of decaying plant material fell out. I figure it must have had some sort of vacuum effect...

http://i.imgur.com/QIbDrcC.jpg That's the most recent picture. The large sword plant and duckweed are new. I have taken out the driftwood that was originally in the tank and put in a new piece from another established aquarium. The cups are Java moss trimmings from my nano tank. I just...

I did a 50% waterchange a few days ago. I tested my water today and it's still off the charts. I have two pieces of driftwood left, so I'm going to test each in a bucket and probably boil them. I was hoping to avoid that because I've got rooted plants on the one. I guess I'll test the substrate...

I left the cork logs in a bucket with clean water for about a day. I tested the water tonight and it was already at 4ppm. I got rid of those and did about a 40% waterchange. If the ammonia comes back, I'll boil my driftwood and test again. Hopefully this will be the end of it. Thanks for the...

Im using national geographic black sand in the big tank and white hermit crab sand in the little one. I wonder if trumpet snails would help if it's the substrate?

That makes sense. I'll start with the cork logs then. Thank you for the idea with the water bucket : )

I've been using the same api liquid test kits for both of my tanks, so I don't think the results are getting skewed since the 5g is showing dramatically different results. My tank is moderately well planted with mopani driftwood, bamboo (leaves sticking above the waterline), a large sword plant...

I originally put my tank together about a year ago and after it cycled, my water parameters were pretty stable for about 6 months. After that my ammonia levels spiked and started reading over the maximum that my liquid tests would read. I started doing small water changes every few days, using...

I have a 36g community tank with a few female bettas and platies. I'm trying to figure out if there is a diet plan I can work out to keep my platies well-fed without bloating the bettas. As of right now, I'm alternating between bloodworms since it seems to only minimally bloat the bettas, peas...